Category Archives: Business News
GF P & Z tweaks sign ordinance
The Grand Forks Planning and Zoning Commission has approved a few changes to the off-premise sign ordinance. The P & Z decided to remove the cap on the number of billboards that can be located alo...
Aug 05, 2022
No victim found in shooting at Mall of America
Police in Minnesota confirm three gunshots were fired at the Mall of America in Bloomington, but say no one appears to have been hurt. Bloomington police say they are searching for two people. Video p...
Aug 05, 2022
GF County 2023 preliminary budget adds mills
Property taxes would climb slightly under a preliminary budget adopted by the Grand Forks County Commission this week. The entire county spending plan comes in at just under $51.6 million dollars - an...
Aug 04, 2022
Altru Rehabilitation Hospital adds beds
The Altru Rehabilitation Hospital has grown in size with the completion of an expansion project at 4500 South Washington Street in Grand Forks. Altru and Alabama based Encompass Health finalized a joi...
Aug 04, 2022
Another push to limit robocalls
Minnesota Attorney General Keith Ellison says the state will join an investigation into providers responsible for much of the robocall traffic in the U.S. The investigation is the first action of the ...
Aug 04, 2022
ND infrastructure fund on track due to oil rebound
A major spending initiative aimed at infrastructure projects outside North Dakota's oil patch is on pace to be fully funded for the first time since the Legislature approved it three years ago, due to...
Aug 03, 2022
EGF: Road funding and Bernie's liquor license
The East Grand Forks Council will ask the MPO to amend the Metropolitan Transportation plan to help pave the way for spending some $860,000 dollars in federal road funding. The city was hoping to use ...
Aug 03, 2022
Report ranks GF County ramp poor condition
A consultant is recommending a 20 year plan to rehab the Grand Forks County ramp after deeming the structure to be in poor condition for a structure of its age. Walker Consultants conducted a conditio...
Aug 02, 2022
GF council updates Fufeng agreement & scooters
The Grand Forks Council held another lengthy meeting last night (Monday) regarding the proposed Fufeng project. Prior to approving an updated development agreement for the corn milling plant members m...
Aug 02, 2022
Minnesota case weighs right to emergency contraception
A trial in Minnesota is expected to decide whether a woman's human rights were violated when a pharmacist denied her request in 2019 to fill a prescription for emergency contraception. Andrea Anderson...
Aug 02, 2022